A specialist mortgage lender has completed financing for a holiday let property in Burford, Oxfordshire, demonstrating the niche lending criteria required for properties with occupancy restrictions and non-standard characteristics. Foundation Home Loans provided a mortgage of £153,700 for the purchase of a £205,000 freehold property within a six-unit development. The chalet-style building, constructed with traditional…
Please enable JavaScript if it is disabled in your browser or access the information through the links provided below. July 30, 2026 Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with Iuka Bancshares, Inc. and The Iuka State Bank For release at 11:00 a.m. EDT The Federal Reserve Board…
4:05 PM, 30th July 2026, 5 hours ago In a divided vote, the Bank of England has held interest rates at 3.75%. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) narrowly voted 6-3 to keep the Bank Rate unchanged. Three members voted to increase the Bank Rate by 0.25 percentage points, to 4%. Energy prices have remained volatile…
With little new office construction on the horizon and tenants racing to secure trophy space, Related Companies’ latest Hudson Yards tower appears to be arriving at just the right moment. And it’s the largest project of its kind since the pandemic. After landing Deloitte as an anchor tenant for 900,000 square feet at its under-construction…
Microsoft’s shares soared more than 16% on Thursday, putting the company on track for a record one-day gain in market value after it said it expects to keep generating cash through its new fiscal year and forecast cloud growth above Wall Street expectations. If gains hold, the software giant would add more than $485 billion…
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When Mayor Zohran Mamdani vilifies landlords, he’s not talking about Ismene Speliotis. In the mayor’s simplistic world of good and evil, she would be called a “high road” landlord. She runs Mamdani’s favorite kind of business, an affordable housing nonprofit. She testified for one of his favorite bills, to mandate a “living wage” and benefits…
Intercontinental Exchange’s mortgage technology unit returned to the black in the second quarter, as company leaders made their case for how ICE’s legacy platforms were best suited to deliver in the artificial intelligence age. Processing Content Operating income at ICE Mortgage Technology came in at $45 million, finishing in positive territory after a $13 million…
Goldman Sachs Asset Management has launched AlphaAI, an artificial intelligence investment platform focused on generating returns from the AI space, Reuters reported based on an internal memo of the company. Lou D’Ambrosio will lead the platform as chairman of Artificial Intelligence for Asset Management, the report cited the memo as saying. “We believe AI is…
Morgan Stanley was the leading financial adviser for European mergers and acquisitions in the first six months of 2026 by deal value, while Rothschild & Co was the busiest by number of transactions, according to GlobalData. Morgan Stanley placed first by value, having advised on deals worth $128.3bn. Rothschild & Co came first by volume…